OpenAI shuts down Sora app amid rising concerns about deepfakes and consent
OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence, but also raised alarms in Hollywood and beyond about the dangers of letting people create AI videos that resulted in nonconsensual images and realistic deepfakes.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sora-openai-shut-down-9.7140872?cmp=rss

OpenAI shuts down Sora app amid rising concerns about deepfakes and consent
OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence, but also raised alarms in Hollywood and beyond about the dangers of letting people create AI videos that resulted in nonconsensual images and realistic deepfakes.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sora-openai-shut-down-9.7140872?cmp=rss

OpenAI shuts down Sora app amid rising concerns about deepfakes and consent
OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence, but also raised alarms in Hollywood and beyond about the dangers of letting people create AI videos that resulted in nonconsensual images and realistic deepfakes.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sora-openai-shut-down-9.7140872?cmp=rss

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Massive avalanche closes Alberta’s Icefields Parkway until at least Saturday
A massive, 500-metre wide avalanche triggered by Parks Canada staff during avalanche control work on Highway 93 over the weekend shutdown the Icefields Parkway.
#Canada #Environment #Weather #Albertaavalanchedangers
https://globalnews.ca/news/11742715/massive-avalanche-closes-alberta-icefields-parkway-until-at-least-saturday/

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Funding Shenanigans: In Trumpistan, The Feds Budget You

https://this.needsfixin.net/2025/10/17/funding-shenanigans-in-trumpistan-the-feds-budget-you

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